Improvement in egg-carriers



J. H. MOOARREN.

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JOHN H. =MCOABREN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ALFREDP. LONGNEOKER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,356, dated May 7,1878 application filed April 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. MCOARREN, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cases for Transporting Eggs, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to the class of cases for transporting eggs inwhich a series of bottomless receptacles are placed and located oneabove another, and separated by dividingpieces in such a manner asprovides a separate cell for each particular egg.

The object of my invention is to provide a more durable and suitablemethod of uniting the sides forming these bottomless cells, so that theycan be readily put together, and, when once put together, be as securein their union as if formed of one piece, and at the same time the sidescan be instantly changed from a position suitable for the reception ofthe eggs to one in which all of the sides arenearly parallel without inthe least affecting the security of their union. With this constructionthe difficulty often experienced when removing these bottomless cellsfrom the case is obviated, as by lifting any one of the sides forming alayer of cells, the whole layer will be raised without a probability ofa disunion.

My invention consists in the peculiar configuration of the incisionsformed in the male and female sides forming the bottomless cells, morefully hereinafter described. nary description is therefore deemed unnecessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion ofone of the female sides forming these bottomless cells. Fig. 2

is a similar view of the male part of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview, representing two of the sides united. Fig. 4 is a perspective Aprelimi- 7 view of a layer of bottomless cells as they appear when readyto be placed in the case; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional elevationof a case containing a series of the same.

Letters of like character represent corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

In the drawing, the projecting piece a, formed in making the incision cin side A, fits into a corresponding slot, at, in the side ofvB, Fig. 2,when the incision b in the side B accommodates the corresponding solidpart of side A. To place the two together, the incisions 12 and cin thetwo sides A and B are brought together, with the aforesaid sides atright angles, 'or nearly so, to each other, and the one passed over theother, the flexibility of the material used in their constructionpermitting the projection a to spring away from the solid partof theside B until the slot (1 is reached, into which it passes and locks thetwo sides securely together, the incisions on each of the sidesaccommodating the solid part of the other until the two edges of eachare parallel. When the sides are thus united they form themselves into aseries of bottomlesscells, as represented in Fig. 4, and may be placedin a case, E, Fig. 5, with each succeeding layer divided by aloosebottom, D.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The side A, having projection a, formedby making incision c, in combination with the side B, with its incisiona and b, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of April,1878.

JOHN H. MGOARREN.

Witnesses:

HENRY MILLWARD, J. M. WRIGHT, Jr.

